Interview with Lukas from The Alliance after “State of the Galaxy”
Just wanted to let you all know that I interviewed Lukas from The Alliance after yesterday's published “State of the Galaxy” doc was released. There was some perceived drama around it which is addressed in the interview. I will let you all draw your own conclusions.
> SWGoH: Interview with Lukas from The Alliance after “State of the Galaxy”
> SWGoH: Interview with Lukas from The Alliance after “State of the Galaxy”
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Ahem, it helps to read
Because they are trying to change the game for the better. Maybe this will get a response or improve comms.
But who are they? This letter could just be from some dude bored at home eating pizza.
Click on the link and read it. Everything is explained in there. Then ask questions.
Well let me start with my response about the first issue - New Content. I don't understand why do people keep on discussing this over and over again. We were told that we will be getting a new game mode, we don't know exactly when, but the assumption was with the current update. So we are still waiting. I am not sure why do people keep on pushing on this, when we are already told that it's coming.
Ok next issue - Communication. I can't say much about this, I don't really understand what people mean by communication. Is it EA telling us about the new game mode, is it EA responding to everybody's whim, what is it? My guess about them staying quite about new game modes and events is that they just want to make it a secret and a bit more exciting. And the people who complain about this, need to learn how to be patient. If it's the latter - responding to "I want that, I want this", it's not how it works. There are thousands of people giving suggestions, they can't just develop anything you want. That's why there are game designers. If they were bad at their job, this game wouldn't have been so popular.
That's my opinion on the matter. Good job on the interview and on the effort you made to organize it and write it down.
10 million downloads. Say what you will but this is more than just a game...
The thing is, game modes can't appear just by snapping your fingers. The difference between designing and making a new character and making a new game mode is enormous. Everyone is free to give their suggestions and I've actually seen games, that implemented some of the players suggestions because they were well thought. But this is usually not the case. When you make a suggestion, you do it from your point of view(ha see what I did there), not from the point of view of the low-level player, mid-low, mid, mid-high, high. That's why there are people who are hired for this job. They think outside the box and they try different things before finding something that would work for everybody.
Both players and devs want this game to be as awesome as it can be and then some so communication like this is important.
My guild is one of the guilds represented and although we have a few members who spend money on the game most of the guild are f2p.
Some of us have been playing a few months some for over a year no one is anywhere near having a maxed out account and half the guild are not even level 85 and we agree with the points raised and can say the Alliance is representative for most player types playing the game.
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He is the representative of The Alliance - per the article. I tried to address this topic of who they are in the article to ensure people would better understand it all.
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Many sites, including major news outlets, do not allow copying and pasting of an article's entire contents on a forum site.
Well then... you could paraphrase some of it. Just don't expect everyone here to go read it.
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So far all of the new events are literally just new backgrounds with a different number of levels. My book says that's not new content, just artwork. Me being the critic that I am, artwork doesn't mean jack.
edit: new event "skills" don't count as new content either.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
In an age embracing transparency, I think they should communicate openly and accept failures with dignity; focusing remedying the situation rather than damage control. Rockstar is proof that despite bad publicity, game makers can still flourish when they focus on material over media.